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# Title: The Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity, And Chance (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 163)
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Mod che ocher in che quick, and lamed him; IF cheHorse have
cast a Mhoc, or bea relty jade, and will noc draw bue when he
list, chen che effect is noc necessarily produced, buc concinsent.
ly more or less, a5 che concurrence oFche caules is more or lels
ConcinsenE.
(B) Secondiy. 2 cause mar be said eo be susticiene, cicher be-
cause ic producech char effect wlch is incended, as in che gene-
ration ot a man. or else, Because ic is sufticiene co produce 1haE
uhich is produced, 2s inthe generacion ofa Monster. lhe
Former is properly calied a sufficient caule, che lacer a Weat
and insufficiene cause. Now, it che debilier of che cause De
noc neceslary, buc continsene, then che effect is noc necestur:
buc contingene. Ic is a rule in Logick, chac che conclusion al
wares Followsthe realter part. IFche premises De buc proba-
ble, ehie conclusion cannoc be demonstracire. IE Boldsa5 vell
in caules 2s in proposicions. No efect can exceed che verrue ot
its cause. IFcheabiliey or debilier ot the causes be concingent,
Ehe efect cannor be necelTarr.
Thirdly ehac which concerns chis question ot Liberer trom
necesticy most neerty is. Thac (C) a cause is Paid eo be TutticienE
in respect oFche abilier oFit eo act, nor in respect oF its will 1o
aet. The concurrence ofche will is needsul eo che production
olatree effect. Buc the cause may besusticiene, chough ehe
Will do nocconcur. As Crod is sufficiene eo produce a thousand
vorids. buc ic doch noc Follon trom chence, cirher chac he
hach produced chem, or chac he will produce chem. The bl004
OF Christ is a sufficient ransome For all mantind buc ic doch noc
Follon cheretore, ehac all mantind MaIl Be actually sared by
vertue ofhis Biood. A man may be a susticiene Furour, chougn
he will noc ceach erery Scholler, and a sufficiene Physician,
choush he will noc administer co erery pariene. For asmuch
cheretore as the concurrence ot the willis necdful co the pro-
duction of everv tree effect, and vec che cause may be sutti-
cient, in sensa diviso, alchouxh che will do noc concur, ic fol
lowes eridenely, thac the caule may be sufficiene, and vec fome-
etiins, which is necdtul co che production otche effect, may
be ancins, and chat erery sufficiene cause is noc a necessary
cause.